The dinners were often too much work for a weeknight, after a full day in the office. Sometimes I was cooking for an hour, or it just got hectic making all those side dishes.

Considering all the work involved, some of the meals were a bit bland, and there were too many plain green salads for lunch.

The amount of prep work was intense. Most mornings, I was often cutting up this or marinating that to save me time later. It wasn't hard, but it sucked up a big part of my day.

For every meal, I dirtied twice as many dishes as usual. Dan, who usually does the dishes, reminded me of this fact every night.

Going to parties where I couldn't eat anything was tough.

Would I do it again? Maybe. Right now, I am happy to be back to eating what I want. This cleanse reminded me how much my body likes to be fed right. So I am going to try to stick to a similar routine for the work week (with much easier dinners/fewer dishes) and save the fun foods and dessert for the weekends and vacations. Lucky for me, the weekend starts today!